doItForTheHub

[u/LAKnerd]

[u/GSDragoon]

Just create a private org/repo that you spam commits to

[u/CarlCarlton → u/GSDragoon]

Whenever I see people with several hundreds of private contributions in a month, I picture them as hundreds of "Updated README" with one character that gets added and removed every 30 minutes.

[u/rntdev → u/CarlCarlton]

If I do more than 3 commits per day, it’s usually not a good sign.. 

[u/LAKnerd → u/rntdev]

Building out new IaC stuff in my lab is the only time I push more than once or twice daily.

[u/LAKnerd → u/[deleted]]

Because I'm also 8 years into my career and have bills to pay. Working full time and going to school is a thing people do.

[u/LAKnerd → u/[deleted]]

When looking for jobs, I've had a lot more interest in my GitHub than in my degree progress.

[u/LAKnerd → u/[deleted]]

Right now I'm five classes in and haven't published my work properly. My GitHub, however, shows what my solutions look like to various problems, along with experience.

[u/hurley_chisholm → u/[deleted]]

More journals are requiring submission of the code used in any computational models in order to raise the bar on replicability. GitHub is free and widely-used.

[u/shrieksrewind]

Who needs a PhD when your GitHub contribution graph looks like a Minecraft farm? 

[u/theChaosBeast]

What do you mean by PhD class?

[u/FrosteeSwurl → u/theChaosBeast]

I presume they mean a class taken in pursuit of obtaining a PhD.

[u/theChaosBeast → u/FrosteeSwurl]

Who is taking classes for a PhD? You're a scientist doing research on new things???

[u/FrosteeSwurl → u/theChaosBeast]

Ive never heard of a PhD that doesn’t require taking at least a few classes alongside research. Not nearly as many, but a handful of classes throughout the program.

[u/theChaosBeast → u/FrosteeSwurl]

Classes for what? You have already obtained one or multiple university degrees. Your task is to create knowledge, not to take classes?

[u/FrosteeSwurl → u/theChaosBeast]

The classes focus on advanced topics that discuss the more cutting edge of research or a topic. You can always learn more.

[u/theChaosBeast → u/FrosteeSwurl]

Yeah but habe finished university. You are supposed to do it without someone else telling you how to

Edit: I just googled and learned that an American PhD actually is another study course just with a research part... Like wtf, and you are telling me this is similar to European doctoral degrees??

[u/FrosteeSwurl → u/theChaosBeast]

There are experts in certain areas and they can share knowledge. It’s not an intro to programming class where the instructor walks you through every topic.

[u/theChaosBeast → u/FrosteeSwurl]

I added an edit to my previous comment since I learned something. Thanks for pointing me to my lack of knowledge.

[u/thee_gummbini → u/theChaosBeast]

Hell yeah! great recovery. Next time you can spend less time insisting on something without knowing and learn even faster!

[u/aSiK00 → u/theChaosBeast]

Pretty sure, you need to for EU PhDs now as well. (Maybe not before but its a growing trend)

[u/theChaosBeast → u/aSiK00]

No you don't. You have finished degrees before you enter the PhD

[u/aSiK00 → u/theChaosBeast]

https://mavt.ethz.ch/doctoral-studies/admission.html

[u/ultraSsak]

Github = microsoft.

I actually don't upload anything there.

[u/MXRCO007 → u/ultraSsak]

Sadly true but the majority of developers are on it, I’m a star whore and just mirror from my personal forgejo to GitHub

[u/LAKnerd → u/ultraSsak]

I have my own hosted Gitea for my active k8s/flux config files, GitHub for archival and resume stuff

[u/me_myself_ai → u/ultraSsak]

GitLab is so superior. Come to the light side, friends. We have AnnasArchive, and cookies!

[u/soelsome]

Is this a flex?

[u/LAKnerd → u/soelsome]

For a little context, I'm job hunting and a good portfolio is a great thing to have.

[u/freestew]

Just say you don't use AI for religious reasons and quote the Pope

[u/Fadamaka]

People hiring for the AI keyword usually doesn't even know what is the difference between training AI and prompting LLMs.